bunchgrass

bunchgrass
noun
any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States
Syn: ↑bunch grass
Hypernyms: ↑grass

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: any of several grasses chiefly of the western United States which grow in tufts (as Sporobolus airoides, Elymus condensatus, Andropogon scoparius, Oryzopsis hymenoides and various grasses of the genus Stipa)

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